Unusually Hot

by Marty Sears by Marty Sears

CASE 3732

Unusually Hot

Not graded: we can’t read all its rules yet

The brief

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Divide the grid into two orthogonally connected regions; one green and one orange. No 2x2 area may be fully within one region.

In the green region, the value of a cell equals its digit, as normal. In the orange region, the value of a cell equals its row number plus its column number, regardless of what digit appears in the cell.

Values along a thermo strictly increase from bulb to tip.

If a black dot sits between two cells, the value of one is double the value of the other.

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